Lifelinker vs ListForge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lifelinker
Track life totals for board and card games with customizable player names, backgrounds, and dice rolling. View match history and access advanced features through an in-app purchase or by supporting creators.
- Track player life totals
- Customize player names and backgrounds
- Digital D6 dice roller
- View and reset match history
- Random first player selector
- Creator unlock codes
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Keep track of your life totals, customize your name, background colors, roll dice, see match history, and more. All advanced options will be unlocked with a single in-app purchase! Lifelinker is brought to you by Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai of The Command Zone Podcast, a part of the Collected.Company family. FEATURES: - Choose players and starting health totals - Change your name, background color, and emblem for each player - Roll a digital D6 to help with decisions - View detailed match history and reset the game to any prior point in time - Let the app decide! A spinning ticker will randomly choose the first player when you load into a new game for the first time. - Patrons of the Command Zone Podcast will receive the full unlock for FREE! Find out more at Patreon.com/CommandZone - Want your favorite creators as your life total background? Find out their Unlock code and Redeem it on the front page - collect them all! Lifelinker was developed by Danny Vink and tested by Josh Kim, Josh Lee Kwai, and Jimmy Wong
ListForge
Create and manage lists for tabletop wargames with an intuitive, minimalist interface. Features smart calculations, validation, and customizable organization. Supports dark mode and comprehensive export options.
- Intuitive list organization
- Customizable folders
- Clean, distraction-free interface
- Smart unit defaults calculations
- Validation
- Comprehensive export options
- Dark mode optimization
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ListForge is an intuitive listbuilding app for tabletop wargames with a focus on UI and innovative features such as: hobby tracking, match tracking, built-in mathhammer, interactive list sharing, unit/list notes, and more. Our app features: 1. UI-focused list building with unit browser, smart wargear defaults, notes, and counters 2. In-game view with unit stats, army rules, color-coded stratagems, and a VS mode for opponents 3. Live game tracker, advanced battle log, and match history stats 4. Built-in mathhammer with auto-loaded weapons, deep modifiers, rerolls, Monte Carlo simulations, and custom defensive targets 5. Hobby tracker for build and paint progress across your collection 6. Sharing and community: text, PDF, and web view exports, public profiles, and a community feed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ListForge at 4.6 against Lifelinker's 3.9. ListForge also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Lifelinker's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Lifelinker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ListForge asks for nothing beyond the download.
ListForge holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 148 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Lifelinker's written reviews are positive against 74% of ListForge's.
Lifelinker ships an update every 5 weeks, ListForge every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lifelinker | ListForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (148 ratings) | 4.6 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 74.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 148 — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Wong | Bryce Merrill |
Customer experience
Lifelinker
ListForge
Bugs and requests
Lifelinker
Reported bugs
4 issues- In-app purchases not unlocking features
- Saved profiles not loading correctly
- Restore purchases button not working
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Commander damage and poison counter tracking
- Ability to change life totals in larger increments
- More customization options for colors/layouts
- Coin flip/dice roll functionality in free version
- Better support and communication from developers
ListForge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lifelinker
- Lifelinker Plus$0.99
ListForge
No in-app purchases
